Japanese InternmentJapanese Internment

WWIIWWII

9/119/11

• After 9/11 all Muslim Americans should have been put in camps because you never know who could be a threat for

another attack…

Which one is the enemy???Which one is the enemy???

How to Tell You Friends from the How to Tell You Friends from the JapsJaps

• Life Magazine article• Can you imagine???

Executive Order 9066Executive Order 9066

• Feb. 19, 1942• Approximately 110,000-

120,000 Japanese Americans relocated to camps

• 2/3 were citizens• Nisei-American Born• Issei-older, foreign born• Could join army instead

What do you think it was like to be in the military as a Japanese American?

Leaving HomeLeaving Home

• Forced to sell their homes and businesses at low price

Internment CampsInternment Camps• The 10 camps (relocation centers) were

located at: • Amache, Colorado;

• Gila River, Arkansas;

• Heart Mountain, Wyoming;

• Jerome, Arkansas;

• Manzanar, California;

• Minidoka, Idaho;

• Poston, Arizona;

• Rohwer, Arkansas;

• Topaz, Utah; and

• Tula Lake, California

At The Camp until 1945At The Camp until 1945

Was it Right?Was it Right?

ApologyApology

• 1988 paid $20,000 in reparations

• Fair?